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Well it has been a long time since I have posted anything to my blog.  Things have been very busy, and I am very excited about the updates to www.redfieldweather.com that are coming.  One of the big things I am waiting for is my hosting provider to start support ASP.NET 4.0.  I am using the new framework in my site and I am adding Silverlight (www.silverlight.net).  I am very excited about what I am doing with Silverlight.  I am working on some cool user controls.  I do plan on making the Silverlight controls I have created freely available. 

Here is an example of what my current conditions screen is going to look like.

My plan is to integrate weather alerts/warning for the area as well as forecasts.  I am also thinking about using Bing maps (maps.bing.com) and displaying the lighting data.  I would love to find a good source to weather radar images I could overlay on Bing maps, but I don’t know of one.

I am also planning on releasing a Windows Phone 7 (www.windowsphone7.com) application near or at release.  It just depends on how mature the SDK for it is before release and how much time I have.  With these Silverlight controls I have created for my website it should be really easy for me to get a Windows Phone 7 application out as they can share a lot of the same code.

Well that is it for know, but I hope to be posting more as this project moves on.  I am very excited about Silverlight and Windows Phone 7.